Conversation Project: The Plan (Erin & Nikki)

For our project, our objective is to raise awareness about the current controversy surrounding the arrest of two activists, Mike Wallschlaeger and Elliot Madison, for tweeting to protesters during the G20 summit to help them evade the police. They are the first Americans to be criminally charged for using social networking devices in connection with political protesting.
We want to use two corresponding animations to visually present the conversation. We will use our own voices to express how we feel about the situation, along with facts about the Patriot Act, the Civil Rights amendment, and social injustices, in conjunction with explaining the case concerning the two activists. We will also use another voice in defense of the Patriot Act and illegal searches and seizures to illustrate an opposing stance to our views.

For our research, we are planning to research Russ Feingold, since he is the only senator who actually read and voted against the Patriot Act. There are also numerous articles on the web about the G20 incidents in Pittsburgh, and the Patriot Act itself.

Each voice will be visually represented at a certain position on the slide and will vary in color and size. Color will be communicated as mood, size as emphasis, and font as the perspective of the speaker. The viewer will be able to read our texts because as the conversation builds on the slide, the comments will be displayed until the next section of slide is introduced.